remember the name he says is correct!!!!

Yes, Prohibition.

Thanks so much for all the info Cuties! ust read them out to hubbie and he couldnt believe all the info you guys gathered!!!
As your all probably aware there was neve Pronibition in Ireland!! LOL LOL

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by keeponsewing 31 Jan 2011

hehehe

You have your answer. I had to ask my hubby.

I think it was called Prohibition, thank goodness it wasnt a long standing thing across the world, it would be a long time between glasses of Aussie Red wine. Ruth

It was during the depression, but the depression was a time of economic distress.. the ban on alcohol is known as 'prohibition'..

I am sure it was called prohibition.

I live in a dry precinct in Kentucky. Part of the county is wet, but not where I live. It gets on the ballot every so often to change it but is always voted dry. Joyce

Prohibition, only USA had it as far as I know- think The untouchables & Elliot Ness

They still had people making moonshine even during the 40s & 50s. I had a friend whose husband was a revenuer & they would find Stills making whiskey. Often they would lay in wait for the maker to show up, sometimes it would be several days her husband would be gone, then there would be a picture of them in the paper busting up the Still. Good moonshine looked just like water, but I know first hand why they called it white lightening, it went down smooth as silk but would knock your socks off. Tasted it once when her husband brought in a fruitjar full of it. LOL Never had a desire for another taste.

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by ruta 29 Jan 2011

The period is called Prohibition. I am a retired police officer. I tasted moonshine that was over l00 proof and it burned all the way down. Never tasted that much proof again. The stores would watch for people buying many pounds of sugar which they would need for moonshine. After the case was finished in court, some of the officers would take the moonshine home and make anisette liqueur. Never tasted that though. No doubt people are still making it. You have to know who you are purchasing it from to be on the safe side, healthwise.

Well you got your correct answer, but I bet the prohibition put many into a depression. It was before my time so it didn't bother me, but guess that it did start the moonshine business - and illegable sales. LOL

Sorry, you're wrong...it was prohibition. But the bootleggers (llegal sales of liquor)thrived during this period.

It was called Prohibition in the US. Not sure if it was called something else in other places, perhaps temperance?

prohibition

I see I'm late for this post, but you have your answer. hehehe...

There are still some places in the US that are called dry counties. Where alcohol is not sold and you can get a ticket if seen drinking it in your own yard. Iva

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by hogfan 29 Jan 2011

Yep! In Arkansas I live in a dry county and you can have no public display of alcohol at all also Arkansas bans advertising of hard liquor on the local TV and airwaves.

by killiecrankie 29 Jan 2011

We have alcohol free zones which are in popular gathering places for families eg shops & parks & they are sign posted.But getting a ticket for drinking in your own yard when you are not causing trouble is very archaic idea

A bit of Trivia - Prohibition gave a start to super fast cars for delivery of moonshine (illegal)whiskey. It was called moonshine because the stills were run at night by the light of the moon to keep the revenuers from finding them. Then a new craze was born from the cars. The drivers started getting together on weekends to race with each other. Now we have NASCAR. The era of the muscle cars in the late 50's and through the 60's and 70's also came to be popular. My very favorite car was one my husband purchased new in 1966. A 1966 Chevelle SuperSport. One of the best old movies about the era was 'Thunder Road' with Robert Mitchum.

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by lbrow 29 Jan 2011

I too love Thunderroad. I grew up in this era. None of my people drank but my husband's father was arrested for having a "Still"( making whiskey) it was in a dense forest & the revenuers took his pic from flying over. This was used for evidence. He was only fined, but his wife peddled the moonshine along with milk, eggs,farm produce etc.. This happened when I was a baby but it was common knowledge since his picture made the front page of the paper in Macon, Ga. They were good people, just had 4 boys to feed during the depression & had no money.

Prohibition

LOl-hope you didn't put any money on that disagreement.Although, some folks probably went into depression when prohabition hit.~linda~

I think many people would have been depressed while prohibition was the law!!

yes definately...prohibition..

Prohibition, early 1900's.

Prohibition in the United States, also known as The Noble Experiment, was the period from 1919 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol were banned nationally[1] as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

yes definately prohibition

Prohibition

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by marleymoo 29 Jan 2011

Thanks Sbott54...you hit the nail on the head!!!!....Was it also around the time of the depression?

by rosemaymay 29 Jan 2011

The "Great Depression" began after the stock market crash. I believe that was in 1928 or 1929.